THEME EXPLORATION

contemporary China

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Farewell My Concubine
Farewell My Concubine
1993 · Chen Kaige
The Assassin
The Assassin
2015 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
2017
2017
2017 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
A Confucian Confusion
A Confucian Confusion
1994 · Edward Yang
Mountains May Depart
Mountains May Depart
2015 · Jia Zhangke
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
2026 · James Cameron
City Life
City Life
1990 · Béla Tarr & Mrinal Sen
Visions of Europe
Visions of Europe
2004 · Béla Tarr & Peter Greenaway
All the King’s Men
All the King’s Men
1983 · King Hu
Dimanche à Pekin
Dimanche à Pekin
1956 · Chris Marker
Red Cliff
Red Cliff
2008 · John Woo
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Larry Yang China

Bridges Eastern and Western cinematic sensibilities through contemporary storytelling.

 Jia Zhangke China

His films chronicle the social upheaval and displacement caused by rapid urbanization and economic transformation in contemporary China.

 Donnie Yen China

His work examines the tensions between individual desire and state control, capturing the psychological complexity of living in contemporary urban China.